Rural Livelihood Diversification

A Solution for Poverty in the Post-Soviet Rural Baltic States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4843628
AutoresRasa Žakevičiūtė (0000-0002-8460-3890, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä PO Box 35 FI‐40014 Finland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen59
Número3
Páginas560-580
Fecha de publicación2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soru.12259
OpenAlexW2946910652
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas22

This article analyses rural livelihood diversification through a longitudinal follow-up survey, that targets former collective farm workers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It argues, that between 1995 and 2010 the former collective farm workers employed three distinct livelihood diversification strategies in order to create their living. A wage-based livelihood diversification strategy, which does not include any agricultural practices, was more common among the better-off households. A farm-based livelihood diversification strategy, which does not rely on salaries, was more often employed by the poor. A mixed strategy, that combines both wage income and farm activities, was used by both better-off (above the poverty line) and poor households (below the poverty line). The paper also finds that livelihood diversification and poverty among the researched households have country specific patterns, which coincide with the general rural development in Baltic states

Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Livelihood · Political science · Poverty · Rural area · Rural poverty · Socioeconomics · Wage · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Rural development and sustainability